{"id":8424,"date":"2026-11-01T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/?p=8424"},"modified":"2026-11-01T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:12:06","slug":"fmr-state-senator-arrested-after-voter-alleges-absentee-ballot-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/?p=8424","title":{"rendered":"Fmr State Senator Arrested After Voter Alleges Absentee Ballot Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Former Connecticut state Senator Dennis Bradley was arrested Tuesday after a voter accused him of interfering with her absentee ballot ahead of an August Democratic primary election.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voter Alesia Dennis alleged that Bradley came to her apartment, opened her completed ballot, and instructed her to change her vote from incumbent Paul Ganim to Bradley\u2019s brother, Mark Bradley, who was running for probate judge. Dennis told NBC Connecticut she felt intimidated during the encounter and complied with his directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Arrest and Charges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Connecticut Chief State\u2019s Attorney Patrick Griffin announced Bradley\u2019s arrest Tuesday. Bradley faces four charges involving absentee ballots, including unlawfully opening a ballot and being present while an applicant executed an absentee ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis contacted Bridgeport police on August 5, days after the alleged incident, and filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission the following day. After the encounter, Dennis handed her completed ballot to police and later voted in person at the registrar of voters\u2019 office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradley\u2019s attorney, Darnell Crosland, said the former senator maintains his innocence. Bradley was released on a promise to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on October 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact on the Voter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis described the burden of having to cast a ballot twice, saying \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have to go through that twice.\u201d Dennis initially said the ordeal made her consider giving up voting altogether, telling reporters \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to vote no more\u201d after Bradley\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She later indicated she still trusted Bridgeport\u2019s election system and intended to continue voting. Her complaint concerns an individual\u2019s alleged actions rather than election officials\u2019 conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Political Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Connecticut Republican lawmakers Stephen Harding and Rob Sampson criticized the case in a joint statement, calling the accusations an embarrassment for Bridgeport. Their response reflects political stakes, though prosecutors must proceed based on evidence rather than party affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bradley\u2019s Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradley represented Bridgeport in the Connecticut Senate from 2019 through 2023. He has a separate federal conviction tied to his 2018 state Senate campaign, having been convicted in March of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five wire-fraud counts related to Connecticut\u2019s public campaign financing program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Connecticut state Senator Dennis Bradley was arrested Tuesday after a voter accused him of interfering with her absentee ballot ahead of an August Democratic primary election&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8425,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions\/8425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bzerbros.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}